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MSC09 5100
1 University of New Mexico
Albuquerque, NM 87131-0001

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Brian L Hjelle, MD

Contact Information:
08 4640
Albuquerque NM 87131-0001
505-272-4814
bhjelle@salud.unm.edu

Department:
SOM Pathology Department

Interests:
Pathogenesis, immunology, epidemiology, molecular biology and diagnosis of human virus infections.

Publications:
* Medina RA, Torres-Perez F, Galeno H, Navarrete M , Vial PA, Palma RE, Ferres M, Cook JA, Hjelle B. Ecology, Genetic Diversity and Phylogeographic Structure of Andes virus in humans and rodents in Chile. J Virol 2009; (in press).

* Bisoffi M, Hjelle B, Brown DC, Edwards TL, Brozik SM, Branch DW, Bondu-Hawkins VS, Larson RS. Detection of viral bioagents using a shear horizontal surface acoustic wave biosensor. Biosens Bioelectron 2008; 23: 1397-403.

* Hall PR, Hjelle B, Brown DC, Ye C, Bondu-Hawkins V, Kilpatrick KA, Larson RS. Multivalent presentation of anti-hantavirus peptides on nanoparticles enhances infection blockade. Antimicrob Agents Chemother 2008; 52: 2079–88.

* Schountz, T, Prescott J, Cogswell A, Oko L, Mirowsky K-M, Galvez Fuenzalida A, Hjelle B. Regulatory T cell-like responses in deer mice persistently infected with Sin Nombre virus. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 2007; 104: 15496-501.

* Prescott J, Hall P, Bondu-Hawkins V, Ye C, Hjelle B. Early innate immune responses to Sin Nombre hantavirus occur independently of IFN regulatory factor 3, characterized pattern recognition receptors, and viral entry. J Immunol 2007; 179:1796-802.

* Valdivieso F, Vial P, Ferres M, Ye C, Goade D, Cuiza A, Hjelle B. Neutralizing antibodies in survivors of Sin Nombre and Andes hantavirus infection. Emerg Infect Dis 2006; 12: 166-8.

* Mir MA, Brown B, Duran WA, Hjelle BL, Panganiban AT. Hantavirus N protein exhibits genus-specific recognition of the vRNA panhandle. J Virol 2006; 80: 11283-92.

* Larson RS, Brown D, Ye C, Hjelle B. Peptide antagonists that inhibit Sin Nombre and Hantaan virus entry through the Beta-3 integrin receptor. J Virol 2005; 79: 7319-26.

* Prescott J, Ye C, Sen G, Hjelle B. Induction of innate immune response genes by Sin Nombre hantavirus does not require viral replication. J Virol 2005; 79: 15007-15.